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Infrastructure and Income Distribution in ASEAN-5 What are the Links?

Adequate infrastructure has long been viewed as an important factor in economic development. Based on regressions covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies, this paper estimates the impact of infrastructure and investment on income distribution. It finds that better infrastructure, both qua...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seneviratne, Dulani
Other Authors: Sun, Yan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2013
Series:IMF Working Papers
Subjects:
National Government Expenditures And Related Policies: Infrastructures
Income
Private Investment
Investment
Infrastructure
Income Distribution
Economywide Country Studies: Asia Including Middle East
Other Public Investment And Capital Stock
Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
Intangible Capital
Personal Income, Wealth, And Their Distributions
National Accounts
Saving And Investment
Investments: General
Macroeconomics
Capacity
Income Inequality
Capital
Malaysia
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Adequate infrastructure has long been viewed as an important factor in economic development. Based on regressions covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies, this paper estimates the impact of infrastructure and investment on income distribution. It finds that better infrastructure, both quality and quantity, promotes income equality, while the link between investment and income distribution is weak
Physical Description:19 pages
ISBN:9781589068018

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